Emotionally Focused Therapy in Los Angeles, CA
Sometimes Emotions Feel Too Big to Carry Alone
Maybe you’ve tried to hold it all together: staying strong for others, pushing through the overwhelm, trying to make sense of the same painful patterns. But somewhere inside, it feels like something is missing. You might feel disconnected from yourself, reactive in your relationships, or stuck in emotions that won’t let go.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) offers a path forward that you can walk with confidence.
Whether you’re seeking support as an individual or as a couple, EFT helps you tune into your emotional world with gentleness, curiosity, and care. We don’t talk about fixing what’s “wrong.”
Instead, we help you to reconnect – to yourself, to your needs, and to the people you care about.
What Is Emotionally Focused Therapy?
EFT is a humanistic, evidence-based therapy rooted in attachment theory and the belief that emotions are central to how we make sense of our world. Developed by Dr. Sue Johnson in the 1980s, EFT began as a couples therapy model and has since expanded to support individuals and families as well.
The heart of EFT is about creating secure, nurturing emotional bonds. For individuals, that might mean healing old attachment wounds or learning how to respond differently to stress and disconnection. For couples, it means moving out of conflict cycles and toward a deeper, more secure connection.
Rather than analyzing and intellectualizing problems from the outside, EFT gently guides you into the heart of your emotional experience. From there, real, lasting change becomes possible.
EFT for Individuals and Couples
At GGPA, we offer Emotionally Focused Therapy for both individuals and couples – it’s the main modality we utilize because it’s so effective! While the process is always tailored to your specific needs, if you’re based in Los Angeles or in the wider California area, here are some ways EFT can support:
You don’t have to choose between your healing and your relationships. EFT supports both.
A Trauma-Informed, Culturally Responsive Approach
No two people carry emotions the same way. Your cultural background, lived experience, and nervous system all shape how you respond to the world and how the world responds to you.
That’s why EFT in Los Angeles at GGPA is offered through a trauma-informed and culturally attuned lens. We honor your pace, your voice, and your values. We understand that emotional safety means different things for different people, and we hold space for all of it.
Here, therapy is not just about intellectual insight or warm fuzzy feelings (although there is plenty of room for both). It’s more about reclaiming your emotional truth in a way that feels safe and empowering.
Meet Our EFT Therapists
At Grazel Garcia Psychotherapy & Associates, every clinician holds advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Whether working with individuals or couples, each therapist brings a foundation grounded in attachment-based, trauma-informed care and culturally responsive practice. Our team centers emotional safety and identity-affirming support, especially for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and neurodiverse clients.
Our office is based in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, and we proudly serve individuals and couples across Los Angeles and California in-person and online.
Grazel Garcia, LMFT
Founder & EFT supervisor-in-training, Grazel brings bilingual Filipino‑American insight and deep cultural awareness to her work. Certified in EFT and trauma (including brainspotting), she offers therapy rooted in grief, identity, and relational healing across diverse relationship structures.
Dr. Tyler Howard, PsyD
Licensed psychologist and director of neuropsych testing at GGPA, Dr. Howard offers EFT-informed psychotherapy for LGBTQIA+ and neurodiverse individuals and couples. She integrates psychodynamic, interpersonal, and CBT approaches for trauma, identity work, anxiety, and relational connection.
Samantha Lam, AMFT
Samantha is trained in both EFIT (EFT for individuals) and EFCT (EFT for couples), offering trauma-informed support with Brainspotting and Havening. From a multicultural, neurodiverse-affirming lens, she helps clients map emotional patterns and nurture new pathways toward connection and clarity.
Arami James, AMFT
Arami brings creativity and somatic mindfulness to her EFT-informed work with individuals, couples, and families. A first-gen Paraguayan-American, she especially supports reproductive/fertility transitions and queer neurodiverse populations with warmth, grounding, and cultural resonance.
Tiffany Cuevas, AMFT
Tiffany is an EFT-trained therapist working with individuals and couples, emphasizing attachment, emotional processing, and relational trauma. Her Latinx and theology-informed background shapes a compassionate, holistic approach – supporting healing across identity, grief, anxiety, and complex relationship dynamics.
Rachel Wiederhoeft, ASW
Rachel is an Associate Clinical Social Worker and queer‑affirming therapist specializing in trauma-informed EFT. She integrates parts work, somatic expression, and creative modalities to support LGBTQIA+/2STGI+ clients, individuals and couples, facing identity transitions, chronic illness, and emotional fragmentation. She offers compassionate, anti‑oppressive care.
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Why Choose EFT?
EFT is one of the most researched and effective therapies for emotional and relational healing. It offers:
- A clear map for healing attachment wounds
- Experience emotion regulation tools in the present moment
- A deep sense of emotional safety
- Lasting changes, not just surface-level fixes
EFT doesn’t ask you to be someone you’re not. It invites you to be more fully who you are and to feel safe doing so.
Is Emotionally Focused Therapy Right for You?
At this point you might be wondering if EFT is the right fit. There’s no checklist to complete, no emotional test to pass. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, shut down, too sensitive, or not enough, EFT is for you.
Therapy doesn’t have to be clinical or cold. It can be warm, attuned, and deeply human. That’s what EFT offers.
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You don’t have to walk through the hard parts of life alone. Whether you’re looking for individual support or hoping to heal and strengthen your relationship, we’re here to help.
Book your consultation today and take the first step toward emotional clarity, healing, and connection.